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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 03, 2000
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A socket is provided for burn-in testing of an integrated circuit package having electrical leads. The socket includes a socket body having an array of columns and rows of generally rectangular terminal-receiving cavities therein, each of the generally rectangular terminal-receiving cavities having a longitudinal direction corresponding to its longer dimension and a plurality of terminals disposed in the terminal-receiving cavities for contacting the leads of the integrated circuit package. Each column and row of the array includes a sequence of at least three adjacent cavities wherein for each cavity of the sequence other than the first and last, the longitudinal direction of the cavity is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the two cavities in the sequence adjacent the cavity on either side.